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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2009 May;99(5 Pt 2):358–366.

Table II.

Estimated cumulative occurrence of drug use by birth cohort, and estimates from discrete time survival analysis models

Birth cohort Alcohol
Tobacco
Cannabis
Other drugs (e.g. cocaine)
Extra-medical
% SE OR 95% CI % SE OR 95% CI % SE OR 95% CI % SE OR 95% CI % SE OR 95% CI
1912 – 1954 35.3 2.3 1.0 - 33.7 2.2 1.0 - 5.9 1.3 1.0 - 1.0 0.5 1.0 - 16.6 2.6 1.0 -
1955 – 1964 42.8 2.8 1.4 1.1 – 1.7 33.4 2.9 1.0 0.8 – 1.3 6.9 1.2 1.2 0.6 – 2.2 1.5 0.7 1.6 0.6 – 3.9 17.1 1.8 1.0 0.7 – 1.6
1965 – 1974 39.1 1.8 1.2 0.9 – 1.5 28.6 1.7 0.8 0.6 – 1.0 8.0 1.3 1.4 0.8 – 2.5 2.9 0.6 3.1 1.0 – 9.9 21.9 2.2 1.4 0.9 – 2.2
1975 – 1986 38.3 1.8 1.1 0.9 – 1.4 27.3 1.3 0.7 0.6 – 1.0 10.6 1.0 1.9 1.2 – 3.0 2.3 0.6 2.5 0.8 – 8.2 20.3 1.8 1.3 0.9 – 1.8
Total 38.7 1.2 30.0 1.1 8.4 0.6 2.0 0.4 19.3 1.5
p-value 0.158 0.037 0.038 0.173 0.145